Unit 1

Question 1

Site

Answer 1

physical characteristics of a place

Question 2

Situation

Answer 2

characteristics of a place in relation to other places

Question 3

Topynym

Answer 3

Name of a place

Question 4

Location

Answer 4

Position on Earth

Question 5

Place

Answer 5

specific point on Earth

Question 6

Region

Answer 6

area of Earth defined by characteristics

Question 7

Space

Answer 7

physical gap between 2 objects

Question 8

Connection

Answer 8

relationships among people/ objects across space

Question 9

cartography

Answer 9

science of mapmaking

Question 10

GPS

Answer 10

system that determines absolute location

Question 11

GIS

Answer 11

captures objects and displays their geographic info

Question 12

GIScience

Answer 12

analysis of data via satallite

Question 13

Map scale

Answer 13

relationship between size on paper vs size in real life

Question 14

projection

Answer 14

scientific method of transferring location onto map

Question 15

cultural landscape

Answer 15

region is defined by culture (eg. language and religion), economic (eg. economy and agriculture) and physical features (climate and vegetation)

Question 16

formal/uniform region

Answer 16

area where everyone shares one or more things in common

Question 17

functional/ nodal region

Answer 17

area organized around a node (specific focal point)

Question 18

vernacular region/ perceptual region

Answer 18

area people believe exists in their cultural identity

Question 19

spatial association

Answer 19

occurs in region where 2 features have similar distribution

Question 20

globalization

Answer 20

process that involves the whole world and makes something for the world

Question 21

transnational corporation

Answer 21

buys/ sells things in many countries, not one

Question 22

distribution

Answer 22

arrangement of feature in space

Question 23

density

Answer 23

frequency which something occurs in space

Question 24

pattern

Answer 24

geometric arrangement of objects in space

Question 25

post structuralist geo

Answer 25

powerful people rule the poor

Question 26

humanistic geo

Answer 26

emphasizes how people infuse objects and places with culture meaning

Question 27

behavioral geo

Answer 27

emphasizes importance of understanding bias of some people in space

Question 28

assimilation

Answer 28

groups cultural features are altered to match another group

Question 29

acculturation

Answer 29

changes in culture that result from 2 groups meeting

Question 30

syncretism

Answer 30

combo of elements of two groups into one new feature

Question 31

expansion diffusion

Answer 31

spread of one feature to another

Question 32

hierarchical diffusion

Answer 32

spread of an idea by persons or nodes OF AUTHORITY

Question 33

contagious diffusion

Answer 33

rapid, widespread diffusion of a given trait through society

Question 34

stimulus diffusion

Answer 34

spread of a rule even though a characteristic may not spread

Question 35

distance decay

Answer 35

interaction decreases as the distance increases

Question 36

space-time compression

Answer 36

reduction in time it takes for one thing to reach another place

Question 37

environmental determinism

Answer 37

argues that general laws sought by human geographers found in physical science; geography is how the environment caused human activities

Question 38

possibilism

Answer 38

environmental issues were caused due to human activities